This was widely announced all over the internet and in many Podcasts. If you see the user name when Voiceover is running in the message field and it's taking up part of the 140 character limit and sighted users don't see it as part of the message field and can use all 140 characters for the message then it's a Voiceover issue. Here is one article about this change:
http://www.wired.co.uk/article/twitter-character-limit Regards, Sieghard -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Shaf Patel Sent: Tuesday, April 04, 2017 11:27 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Please Join Me in Requesting That The New 140-Character Reply Feature, introduced in the Latest Version of the iOS Twitter App, Be Made VoiceOver Accessible Where is this feature? When replying to a conversation, I still see the @usernames being filled in the edit field. Struggling to see how this is a VO issue and not a Twitter issue. On 4/4/2017 1:18 PM, M. Taylor wrote: > Hello Everyone, > > I am cross-posting this to both the V iPhone and Mac Visionaries > mailing list. > > The following is the new feature, introduced in the latest version of > Twitter for iOS: > > [BEGIN DESCRIPTION]: > 6.75.2: > > 1. > A few minor updates to make Twitter an even better place. > > 2. > You can now watch Periscope videos directly from a Moment. > > 3. > We're changing replies so that you have all 140 characters to express > yourself. When you reply to a Tweet, @usernames will not automatically > be added to the beginning of the reply, giving you all 140 characters > to use in your response. You can see the full list of participant > usernames in the conversation by clicking or tapping the prompt above the > Tweet. > [END DESCRIPTION] > > In short, the new 140-character Reply feature is not available when > VoiceOver is enabled. > > Please join me in requesting that the new 140-character Reply feature > be made VoiceOver accessible. > > The following is a short request that you are free to use in your > feedback to Twitter: > > [BEGIN REQUEST] > Subject: > Request to Make the Latest 140-Character Reply Feature Available to > VoiceOver Users > > Hello, > > Please make the new 140-character reply feature, introduced in version > 6.75.2, available to blind and low vision users, via VoiceOver. > > Thank you, > [END REQUEST] > > The following is my Tweet on this matter: > [BEGIN TWEET]: > Please make the new #iOS @Twitter 140-character Reply feature > available to #VoiceOver users. Thank you. @Support [END TWEET] > > Post your request in the App Store, as a review, send a tweet to both > @support and @Twitter, and Submit a formal request to Twitter via the > feedback form located at: > https://support.twitter.com/forms/feature_report?feature=tweets. > > As always, thank you for your support and I'll see you on Twitter at: > @MarkMarcus. > > Mark > -- The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor. Mark can be reached at: [email protected]. Your list owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at [email protected] The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor. Mark can be reached at: [email protected]. Your list owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at [email protected] The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
